Mediterranean brome
Bromus lanceolatus
Synonyms: Bromus lanceolatus var. oxyphloeus, Bromus lanceolatus var. genuinus, Serrafalcus macrostachys var. divaricatus, Bromus divaricatus var. macrostachys, Bromus lanceolatus var. leiostachys, Bromus tomentosus, Bromus turgidus, Bromus macrostachys var. divaricatus, Bromus wolgensis var. turgidus, Bromus lanuginosus, Bromus lanceolatus var. lanuginosus, Zerna macrostachys, Bromus macrostachys, Bromus macrostachyus, Bromus lanceolatus subsp. macrostachys, Bromus lanceolatus var. dasystachys, Bromus lanceolatus var. macrostachys, Bromus divaricatus, Bromus macrostachys f. pubescens, Bromus macrostachys f. albovirens, Bromus lanceolatus var. lanatus, Bromus oxyphloeus, Bromus argypheus, Bromus lanuginosus var. divaricatus, Bromus macrostachys var. lanuginosus, Bromus lanceolatus var. divaricatus, Serrafalcus macrostachys var. secundus, Bromus lanceolatus f. coloratus, Bromus macrostachys subsp. lanuginosus, Bromus canariensis, Bromus squarrosus var. macrostachys, Bromus macrostachys var. brevispicatus, Bromus modensis, Bromus discretus, Forasaccus lanceolatus, Bromus macrostachys f. robustus, Bromus macrostachys var. pauciflorus, Bromus poiretii, Serrafalcus lanceolatus, Bromus squarrosus var. lanuginosus, Serrafalcus macrostachys, Bromus divaricatus var. lanuginosus
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Botanical Description
Bromus lanceolatus, the Mediterranean brome or large-headed brome, is a tufted annual grass native to the Mediterranean basin, southern Europe, North Africa and western Asia, and naturalised in scattered localities elsewhere. Plants form small clumps of erect or geniculately ascending culms 20-70 cm tall, with flat, softly hairy leaf blades 2-7 mm wide and inflated, hairy sheaths. The inflorescence is a dense, often somewhat one-sided panicle 5-15 cm long bearing few but conspicuously large spikelets, each 25-45 mm long including the awns and containing 5-10 florets. The lemmas are broadly lanceolate, scabrous on the margins, and bear long, straight or slightly divergent awns 1-2 cm long that give the spikelets a bristly appearance at maturity. It grows in dry grasslands, field edges, fallow fields, and disturbed ground.
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Traditional American Uses
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